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M&A East 2010
October 12 - 13, 2010
Philadelphia
Registration Now Open!

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Q2 2010 Transaction Data Points to Continued Recovery

ACG Philadelphia's quarterly DealWire includes: Commentary by Brian McDaid of Spring Capital, The Featured Deal of the Quarter and Members' Transactions, New Hires & Promotions
 

The Highlights:

• Continued Improvement in Transaction Volume, Led by Recovery in M&A
  
  
• Strong Activity in Some Industries, Uncertainty in Others

• Continued Optimism for the Second Half of 2010

Click Here for the Full Report

Introducing ACG University
applications now available!

Invest in the future of your best junior deal professionals

Designed as an exclusive educational and networking program, ACGUniversity will enroll up to 25 up and coming M&A deal makers for the Class of 2011 who possess 2 – 4 years of deal experience in a serial education program.

Space for ACGUniversity is limited. Candidates must be sponsored by an ACG Member. Selection will be based on prior experience, commitment, as well as overall composition and make up of the applicant pool.

Click Here for More Information on the curriculum and click here to complete the electronic appliccation.

Leaders from BNY Mellon, LLR, Private Capital Research, Reed Smith and Teleflex Named to Board
 
The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Philadelphia is pleased to announce new members to its Board of Directors, including Christian Bullitt, Director of Business Development, LLR Partners; Graeme Frazier, President, Private Capital Research, LLC; Lori Lasher, Esq., Partner, Reed Smith LLP; Jan Monster Senior Director of Corporate Development, Teleflex; and Mike Verrill, Sales Director, BNY Mellon Wealth Management. They join our existing Board Members in leading ACG Philadelphia over the coming two years.

A complete list of ACG Philadelphia’s 2010-2011 Board of Directors is provided here:

Griffin Financial Represented RealPoint in its Sale to Morningstar

Interview With: John A. Lee, Senior Managing Director at Griffin Financial Group, LLC, on the May, 2010 sale of Realpoint, LLC to Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN) for $52 million.  Griffin represented RealPoint in the transaction as sell-side investment banker. Learn about the origins of the deal as well as the local advisors that worked on the deal.   Click here

Check out Joe DiStefano's Philly deal blog and hear the insights from local ACG Philadelphia members.
Click here.

June Breakfast Briefing

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Former Comptroller General of the U.S. and head of the Government Accountability Office, David M. Walker spoke at the June Breakfast Briefing. In his speech, Mr. Walker described how the government is currently engaged in a series of unsustainable policies and practices with budget deficits, an expensive health care system, swelling Medicare costs, immigration problems, and excess overseas military spending that threaten to "bankrupt" the nation if action is not taken soon.
Commentary by Alfredo Moreira, ADT Worldwide

Click here for the program summary. 

Click Here for All 2010 Breakfast Recaps.